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Jon C.10's avatar
Jon C.10
Collaborator | Level 8
2 years ago

Disaster: Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users :(

In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.   https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-on...
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  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    4 months ago
    Hi Everybody,
     
    We’re excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article. 
     
    Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
    • This beta is only available to US-based users
    • You must be on macOS 15 beta
    • You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
     
    Please let me know if you have any further questions!
millifoo's avatar
millifoo
Helpful | Level 7
jmeredi2

Yes, tried: doesn’t work. This has been asked and answered in this thread a couple times now.
spencerkm1's avatar
spencerkm1
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I'm on the latest beta build v170.3.5866 and still syncing to an external drive. Has this been resolved?

 

Edit: on an M2 Mac.

 

 

 

 

 

  • iagdotme's avatar
    iagdotme
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    spencerkm1 did you find out whether it's been resolved or not? I've not yet upgraded from OS 12.6 because of this.

  • TheMainOne's avatar
    TheMainOne
    Collaborator | Level 9
    2 years ago

    iagdotme 

     

    If by resolved you mean that they have decided to do what's right and fix this, then no it's not. It looks like they have decided to stick their thumb in all of their customers eyes. 

     

    If by resolved you mean has the question been resolved, then technically yes. They marked it resolved. But it is far from it and numerous customers have complained that they are arbitrarily and unilaterally marking things solved that are in no way solved. 

     

    Welcome to drop your box. They have clearly dropped their box and can't find it anything without it. I think we need to get them a clap on. That way once they've fallen and can't get up they can at least clap on the light so they can find their way out of there. 

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